A New Revenue Source

The sale of community-based energy can provide local governments with an additional source of much-valued revenue.

For instance, the Revelstoke wood waste district energy system yields a guaranteed stream of non-taxable municipal revenue from the energy sales to a local sawmill and downtown buildings

Similarly, the Vancouver Landfill cogeneration (combined heat and power) facility is providing up to $310,000 in annual electricity revenues to the City of Vancouver and up to $110,000 annually in new tax revenue for the Corporation of Delta [link to Showcase].

In Victoria, the Capital Regional District receives a yearly royalty of at $250,000 or more from electricity generated at the Hartland Landfill gas utilization project. (1)

 

 

Note: (1)   CRD (2005), Hartland Landfill Gas Utilization Project: Submission to the 2005 UBCM Community Excellence Awards, http://www.crd.bc.ca/es/sw/publications.htm.